Published Thursday, December 13, 2018 8:25PM EST Last Updated Thursday, December 13, 2018 8:26PM EST The city of Repentigny and its police force are being asked to pay $42,000 in damages over a case of racial profiling that took place five years ago. The incident involved two 12-year old boys who were at a birthday party for an older member of the family. Growing a little bored, the boys went outside to play hide-and-seek. A police officer arrived at the party soon after to inform the Sophie Bellemare that herRead More

TORONTO — The Ontario Human Rights Commission says it will join a legal challenge of the interim sexual-education curriculum introduced by the province’s Progressive Conservative government. The commission says it believes the interim curriculum discriminates based on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. Six students’ families filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in August, claiming the curriculum makes no mention of issues such as gender diversity or the rights of LGBTQ students. The Human Rights Commission says it will join the tribunal’s legal challenge,Read More